units of analysis |
The IPBES Units of Analysis result from subdividing the Earth?s surface into units solely for the purposes of analysis. The following have been identified as IPBES units of analysis globally:Terrestrial:Tropical and subtropical dry and humid forestsTem.
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Global assessment (1st work programme) |
unpredictability |
Something difficult or impossible to foretell or foresee.
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Scenarios and models assessment |
unresolved (certainty term (q.v.)) |
Multiple independent studies exist but conclusions do not agree.
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Pollination assessment |
upanishad |
Each of a series of Hindu sacred treatises written in Sanskrit c.800-200 BC, expounding the Vedas in predominantly mystical and monistic terms.
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Asia-Pacific assessment |
upscaling |
The process of scaling information from local, fine-grained resolution to global, coarse-grained resolution.
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Land degradation and restoration assessment, Scenarios and models assessment, Global assessment (1st work programme), Asia-Pacific assessment |
upwelling |
A process in which deep, cold water rises toward the surface replacing warmer water pushed away by winds. Water that rises to the surface as a result of upwelling is typically colder and rich in nutrients, which “fertilize” surface waters, meaning that these surface waters often have high biological productivity.
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Sustainable use assessment, Global assessment (1st work programme) |
urban |
adj. Pertaining to the built-up, human- inhabited environment (cities, towns, villages, etc.).
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Pollination assessment |
urban ecosystem |
Any ecological system located within a city or other densely settled area or, in a broader sense, the greater ecological system that makes up an entire metropolitan area (Pickett, 2018).
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Global assessment (1st work programme) |
urban heat island effect |
The term heat island describes built up areas that are hotter than nearby rural areas.
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Land degradation and restoration assessment |
urban metabolism |
A method to evaluate the flows of energy and materials within an urban system, which can provide insights into the system's sustainability and the severity of urban problems such as excessive social, community, and household metabolism at scales ranging from global to local.
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Global assessment (1st work programme) |
urbanization |
The increase in the proportion of a population living in urban areas; the process by which a large number of people becomes permanently concentrated in relatively small areas, forming cities.
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Sustainable use assessment |
urbanization |
Increase in the proportion of a population living in urban areas; process by which a large number of people becomes permanently concentrated in relatively small areas, forming cities.
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Americas assessment |
urbanization |
The process by which villages, towns, cities and other built-up areas grow or by which societies become more urban.
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Global assessment (1st work programme), Pollination assessment |
use of wild species |
The wild species uses are defined through the practices of fishing, gathering, terrestrial animal harvesting, logging, and non-extractive practices. For the purposes of this assessment, the use of wild species have been divided into different categories, which are not mutually exclusive: ceremony and ritual expression, decorative and aesthetic, energy, food and feed, learning and education, materials and construction, medicine and hygiene, recreation and other: companionship.
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Sustainable use assessment |
users |
Stakeholders who use the products of an assessment, such as decision-makers.
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Scenarios and models assessment |
usufruct right |
A legal right accorded to a person or party that confers the temporary right to use and derive income or benefit from someone else’s property.
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Asia-Pacific assessment |